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UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

HORACE D. JONES, OF PORTSMOUTH, OI-IIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO HENRY L. OALKINS, OF COVINGTON, KENTUCKY.

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SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent No. 578,518, dated March 9, 1897.

Application filed July 30, 1896.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HORACE D. J ONES, of Portsmouth, in the countyof Scioto and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fans; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in fans.

The object of the invention is to provide a fan simple, strong, and durable in construction, composed of a minimum number of parts, very cheap, yet ornamental and effective.

The invention consists in certain novel features of construction and in combinations of parts, more fully and particularly described hereinafter and pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved fan. Fig. 2 is a similarview showing a somewhat modified form of attaching the handle. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the handle detached.

In the drawings, a is the body of the fan, composed of any suitable material for the production of a draft or agitation of air when vibrated. This body can be formed of cardboard or stifi paper made in any desired shape and suitably ornamented or having advertising matter thereon.

The cheapness of this fan makes it a very neat and attractive advertisement.

The handle is provided to support the body of the fan and preferably formed of one piece. This handle I) is formed of a single piece of light wire twisted, as at c, the free ends cl 1 passing up on one side of the body of the fan the handle, clamping the downwardly-extending legs g of the free ends d rigidly'to said free ends.

$erial No. 601,071. (No model.)

In the construction shown in Fig. 2 the handle is made the same as the one used in Fig. 1, but the free ends are pressed farther apart to allow a portion of the body of the fan to pass between the legs 9 and the free ends d, rigidly secured together by the clips f, as above stated.

The legs and free ends of the handle when bound together by the clips on opposite sides of the fan-bodyform a most strong and durable frame and support which is light in weight and exceedingly economical in construction.

It is evident that various changes might be made in the forms, arrangements, and construction of the parts described without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention. Hence I do not wish to limit myself to the exactcon struction' herein set forth, but consider myself entitled to all such changes as fall within the spirit and scope of my in- Vention.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. A fan comprising a fan-body, a handle formed of a single piece, the free ends of said handle bent back Within their length, eyelets for the passage of said free ends and clips to secure the fan-body between said free ends, substantially as described.

2. A fan comprising a fan-body, the handle, the supporting free ends integral with said handle and clips binding the members of said supporting free ends, as set forth.

3. A fan comprising a fan-body, a handle,

supports for said body integral with said handle, eyelets for the passage of said supports and clips adapted to secure the fan within said supports and to bind the same, for the HORACE D. JONES.

Witnesses:

J. M. DAWSON, PHILO S. CLARK. 

